When a man in a forest thinks he is going forward in a stra… - Samuel Beckett

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When a man in a forest thinks he is going forward in a straight line, in reality he is going in a circle, I did my best to go in a circle, hoping to go in a straight line.

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Samuel Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote mainly in English and French.

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Pen Names: Andrew Belis

Alternative Names: Samuel Barclay Beckett • Sam Beckett • Sa-miao-erh Pei-kʻo-tʻe • Samuel Beḳeṭ

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